lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2008]   [Mar]   [14]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    From
    SubjectRe: [alsa-devel] [regression] 2.6.25-rc4 snd-es18xx broken on Alpha
    Date
    On Fri March 14 2008, Bob Tracy wrote:
    > A quick followup... Since we're in agreement this isn't a regression,
    > I've updated my working source tree to 2.6.25-rc5. Built the new
    > kernel with the patch to omit es1888_init(), and as near as I can tell,
    > that function does nothing useful on the Miata platform. At the very
    > least, not having it makes no difference to any of the ALSA drivers I've
    > tried: snd-sb8 still works great, and snd-es18xx is still broken in the
    > same way originally described at the beginning of this long thread.
    >
    > I'll try a build with the old OSS "sb" driver, and if that works ok, we
    > may be able to do away with es1888_init() on the Miata. Tyson -- I
    > think you have a Miata if I'm remembering correctly: can you confirm
    > these observations?

    I actually ran into some problems with my Alpha, and I haven't managed to get
    get it full operational again yet. I replaced the CPU fan, installed the new
    aboot, and left it trying to recover the filesystems. It was an unhappy
    story all around -- damn that CMD646 chipset, I was under the impression that
    driver had acquired some recent fixups. Anyway, if this succeeds, I'll try
    and compile up a new kernel with the patch when I get a chance.

    With regard to the sound driver, the es18xx does endless looping on the first
    second or so of sound on my box (a PWS500au) unless I apply my patch, which
    just enables the alternative interupt detection code in the driver. Even
    then, though, I believe it still only works in 8bit mode.

    The sb8 driver also works for me. For this reason, I basically decided to
    forget about my es18xx patch. It doesn't get me anything the sb8 driver
    doesn't give me, and it forces me to keep compiling my own kernels.

    Cheers! -Tyson

    PS: The Debian 2.6.24 kernel actually panicked on me (instead of infinitely
    looping on the first second of sound) when I tried the stock es18xx driver.

    --
    Tyson Whitehead (-twhitehe at uwo.ca -- MC-)
    Computer Engineer Dept. of Applied Mathematics,
    Graduate Student- Applied Mathematics University of Western Ontario,
    GnuPG Key ID# 0xF7666BFF London, Ontario, Canada
    [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature]
    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2008-03-15 02:27    [W:3.076 / U:0.004 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site